I took the time to go out last night to see the new Indy movie. That's crazy talk, thinking I'd miss that opening night! :)

I won't go into details so as not to spoil things for anyone, but I did like it overall. I thought the action was very good, and I love seeing real stunts with stuntmen instead of being inundated with CGI. Although there were very silly things throughout the movie, I could overlook them. (Like I told R, silly things I can smile about and then wave my hand at the screen. It's that type of Jar Jar Binks, Ewoks, Short Round annoyance that I can't stand!) Cate and Shia were fine, nothing spectacular. I wish it had been more historical and less paranormal, but all in all I'll take it.

One of the best moments wasn't even in the movie. We went to a newer stadium-seating theater where the seats are huge and wide and the bottom of the theater has a small stage area. Two guys came to the showing in costume--one in khaki with hat, whip, gun, and everything, and one in Middle Eastern garb with a black cape, fake black beard, large knife. Before the previews started, they ran down to this little "stage" area in front of the screen and acted out a fake fight, complete with the ending of Indy using the gun to take care of the knife problem. Everyone laughed and cheered. Our parents asked us if this happens all the time. I said not unless you're at Rocky Horror. I was actually happy to see that there were people out there who were trying to be creative and fun without being annoying young drunk jerks, as we have so many of around here. An interesting night overall.